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One man. Two Dance Dance Revolution pads. No shoes. What follows is nothing short of amazing. The DDR player's name is TAKASKE, and he is Japan's barefoot arcade wonder. ゲームはスポーツだなｗｗｗｗｗｗ [ぴょんそく] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture,...

Faced with an increasingly competitive videogames market, Capcom have had to lower the sales forecasts yet again for two of their major titles—Resident Evil 6 and DmC Devil May Cry. Here are their new estimates of how many copies they’ve moved as ...

Jet Lee made a statement that confirms the news which reports his daughter will join SNH48, Taiwan news agency NOWnews reported today. The eldest daughter of Jet Lee and 黄秋燕, 李思 (25) (Lee Soe? ) was reported to have passed the audition for 2nd gen...

AKB48′s Watanabe Mayu asks fans for help with her new single! By donburi on April 18, 2013 Tweet Pin It On April 18, 2013 AKB48′s Watanabe Mayu announced that she will be holding a contest to determine the cover art of her upcoming single.

What Japanese Consumers Are Paying for Spring 2013 Anime What Japanese Consumers Are Paying for Spring 2013 Anime 22 minutes ago kureka Since the collapse of the anime boom, English speaking anime fans have gotten a taste of Japanese consumer pric...

Youtube Japan will hold 10 days long “Youtube Music Week” from April 27th to May 6th. (skip) On April 28th, AKB48′s live concert will be live-streamed. Source ---- For those who aren't AKB fans, here's a list of the other participants (with dates)...

If you're not hyped for Hunter x Hunter's biggest, baddest story arc to date, the new trailer might do the trick. See glimpses of the titular foe, as well as Gon's encounter with mentor Kite (voiced by Shuiichi Ikdea, best known as Char Aznable in...

PSY's video for "Gentleman" is getting plenty of play online. However, on Korea's biggest television network, it's banned. The reason might seem rather unusual. In the first six seconds of the "Gentleman" video, PSY strolls down a street and kicks...

The official website for the live-action film adaptation of Yuuki Honda's Tokyo Yamimushi seinen manga began streaming the first trailer on Wednesday. Sakichi Sato (Tokyo Zombie) is directing the film slated to open in Japan this summer.

flumpool will be holding a 5th-year anniversary live in Nippon Budoukan for two consecutive days. The lives will be on October 1 and 2. This news was announced yesterday, April 17, in NHK Tokyo Hall during the earth day live, “TOKYO FM & JFM prese...

Here's are the trailers of the upcoming Naruto Online game created by Tencent Games, a major Chinese company in cooperation with Japan's Namco Bandai Games and CyberConnect2. Naruto online features characters from the popular anime and manga serie...

For albums article, go HERE. In the singles chart, popular singer-actor, Fukuyama Masaharu has reached the top spot with his 30th single, "Tanjoubi ni wa Masshiro na Yuri wo / Get the groove. " This is his 7th consecutive no.

To celebrate the game’s release date of July 25th, Capcom have revealed a Limited Edition version of Ace Attorney 5, which will include a Phoenix Wright figure, a Phoenix Wright-styled Nintendo 3DS pouch, stickers, and one of three special edition...

New Kamen Rider Battleride War Preview Teaser Released The release of the upcoming Kamen Rider Battle Ride War teaser is right around the corner, and Bandai has released a new preview teaser of the game.

Gen Urobuchi (Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero) revealed (near the 41-minute mark in the below video) on Tuesday that he is planning a project intended for children. Urobuchi appeared as a guest on the debut episode of the "Yoshida Hisanori ga Anime de Ta...

Behold fellow monster hunters, a new MMO based on Capcom's Monster Hunter will be coming out soon on the PC, which will utilise Crytek's Cry Engine 3. This new game was announced earlier today at a conference held by Chinese publisher, Tencent, wh...

「DAY 2 – 激動の月曜日II」 (Gekido no Getsuyobi II) “DAY 2 – Monday’s Turmoil 2″ Before I get into the episode impressions proper, I really want to talk about what the death of Wakui Keita (Saito Fuko) means for this show.

Do you know what a pro modeler is? It refers to a person who makes plastic models. Tomoe Ogoshi is very special person in this industry, as she is one of only a handful of women in it. Not only this, but she also plays an active role in the plasti...

On April 17th, Morning Musume held a release event for their new single “Brainstorming/Kimi sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai“, which was released that day, at Ikebukuro Sunshine City. The girls appeared in front of a crowd of 2,000 and started the event w...

There’s an ad currently airing in the US in which children imagine an island made of candy. On this island, waves from a soda pop ocean crash onto a beach of granulated sugar. A volcano spews hot fudge lava.

Japan will be getting another special 3DS XL system when the Mario & Luigi: Dream Team RPG arrives. Continuing the celebration of the Year of Luigi, the system will be released on July 18, and will come packed with the game pre-installed on an SD ...

Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode is heading to Nintendo 3DS in Japan with twice as much content as the PSP version. One of the additions is a new character who's been pulled into the digital world, Rina Shinomiya, and you can see her in the traile...

Can you believe Totoro turned 25 yesterday? Two of Studio Ghibli's most famous works, My Neighborhood Totoro, and Grave of the Fireflies still hold their own, and exceed many modern animated films. . .